#72B797#72B797

#72B797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.085 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B797
RGB	rgb(114, 183, 151)
HSL	hsl(152, 32%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(152, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 0%, 17.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -29.04, 9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 30.55, 161.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0812 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.085 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4567, 39.6769, 35.3784)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B797 #B77292

analogous

#72B774 #72B797 #72B4B7

triadic

#72B797 #9772B7 #B79772

tetradic

#72B797 #7472B7 #B77292 #B4B772

square

#72B797 #7472B7 #B77292 #B4B772

split-complementary

#72B797 #B772B4 #B77472

monochromatic

#3B7459 #509C79 #72B797 #9BCCB5 #C3E0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#72B797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#72B797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B797

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B797	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 183, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.085 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dcdb5',
    500: '#72b797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b797;
$custom-light: #9dcdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.174,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72436,
    "c": 0.08478,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B797

secondary

#D0B5C1

accent

#5F90C9

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F2F9F6

border

#CCD2D0

text

#0E1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B797

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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